November 6, 2007

First Up: According to USA Today, 90 percent of people who make $25,000 a year believe in heaven, slightly higher than the 84 percent of people who make $75,000 and believe the same.  In a related story, Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey are in a bidding war to buy heaven.
Item 2:   Katie Holmes ran in The New York Marathon over the weekend.  She says the hardest part was training for the event at home.  The Young Mrs. Cruise went on to say that, "If I run too far off the property, Tom releases the dogs."  I'm no expert, but wouldn't that help her run faster?
Item 3:  Dateline: Russia
"The Chessboard Killer "who murdered 48 people, will serve "life with hard labor."  His attorney said that he knew his client didn't have a chance when he found out that the guy sentencing him was nicknamed "The Checkmate Judge."
Item 4:  Fun Fact You Should Know
Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani started an Opera Club in high school.  Which explains why his class voted him "Most Likely To Get Laid After The Fat Lady Sings."
Item 5: Dateline: Tennessee 
An entire family pleaded not guilty to drugging greeting cards and sending them to a relative in prison.  Authorities became suspicious because the cards contained greetings like, "This will help you take it like a man, man!" " While in the slammer, you might as well get hammered!" and "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Here's some meth, so you won't be, too!"
And Finally:

The Bing Crosby Joke of The Week
 Two kids are arguing over whose dad is the biggest scaredy-cat.  The first kid says, "My dad is so scared that when lightning strikes, he hides under the bed."  The second kid replies, "Yeah? That's nothing.  My dad is so scared that when my mom works the nightshift, he sleeps with the lady next door."